A blog of the Missouri Department of Agriculture

November 27, 2013

USDA Expands EAB Quarantine Across Missouri

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced last week that the federal list of regulated areas for the emerald ash borer has been expanded to include all of Missouri. APHIS expanded the quarantine in response to the detection of emerald ash borer (EAB) in widely separated locations in the state, according to the announcement. The expansion now matches Missouri's state quarantine related to the insect.